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Former Panda Express Employee Says She Was Made to Strip at Cult-Like Work-Endorsed Seminar

EATER

The incident allegedly occurred at a “self-improvement” seminar that her manager told her was required in order to be considered for promotion. She alleged that she paid out of pocket for the four-day program, which was administered by the company Alive Seminars and Coaching Academy but sponsored by Panda Express.

Seminar 318
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Chefs celebrating the Marriage of Food and Wine

Sante

12 Wine Wine & Dine Content Cloud Competitions Creative Cocktails First Press Food Gold Star Management May I Quote You? 10 Wine Translate Our RSS Feed RSS - Posts Chefs Seminar Food This Month Wine Chefs celebrating the Marriage of Food and Wine How great hospitality emerges.

Seminar 130
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Rethinking the Future of Dining Through Technology

Modern Restaurant Management

Noma’s announcement generated a healthy debate on how we can improve the restaurant industry as a whole and how we should defend our food systems and culture. Owners and managers should attend mental health training seminars as part of a requirement for running operations. Food is a business of making people happy.

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COOKS AND CHEFS – SIGN YOUR WORK

Culinary Cues

Support an employee’s growth through in-service training, sponsorship to attend workshops or seminars, buy your line cooks so great cookbook resources to study and dream about. Why not highlight them on your social media pages or in your restaurant blog. Invest in their excellence and they just might invest more in yours.

Seminar 443
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Dive Into Your Inventory Data (and Add Substantial Profits to Your Bottom Line)

Speaker: Ian Foster, Sculpture Hospitality Regional Director West Coast

In this seminar, Ian Foster will discuss the basics of inventory management, including tips on how to get inventory right and how to evaluate your food and pour costs. Analyzing your pour cost and food cost. Ian will examine the best ordering practices from our clients. You will learn: Why take inventory at all?

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From Consumption to Connection: Restaurant Promotion Trends for 2024

Modern Restaurant Management

Let’s look at some of them: relaxing with a cup of coffee ordering food home strolling with a drink in the park holding a meeting hanging out with friends in the evening going to a concert taking photos for social media. Trend Five: Becoming an Expert in Your Topic In today’s world, just serving delicious food is not enough.

2024 520
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FULL HOUSE, ALL HANDS ON-DECK

Culinary Cues

The anxiety building up to a full house in the hotel packed with a series of food events has made it impossible to relax. The event wall was filled with clip boards, each holding the food function of the day. Since the group would fit lunch between breakout seminars, we only had a little over 90 minutes to serve 300.